The other puppet characters are supposed to recall forest creatures rather than toys. Kooky's puppet is 21 cm tall; it was manufactured in 18 versions for the purpose of filming all the technically complicated scenes. Kooky's face is lacking facial expression. Captain von Hergot Captain von Hergot (voiced by Zdeněk Svěrák) is an old forest guardian who seeks to protect Kooky. The manufacturing of Hergot's puppet was complicated; Jakub Dvorský drew hundreds of sketches of the character. The final visual appearance of the puppet is similar to a root vegetable. Nightshade Nightshade (in Czech: Anuška, voiced by Jiří Macháček) is an antagonist fighting against Captain von Hergot, as he himself wants to become the forest guardian. The puppet has a big mouth and it likes to eat slugs. Nightshade is the only puppet character moving its mouth during speaking and swallowing. Pytlík Vidlička and Pytlík Zapík Pytlík Vidlička (voiced by Petr Čtvrtníček) and Pytlík Zapík (voiced by Jiří Lábus) are the landfill guardians. They chase Kooky, who escaped from the landfill. The puppets are made of deformed plastic bottles. Releases, awards and nominations Kooky was chosen as the official Czech Republic contestant film for the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Crystal Globe and won the Special Jury Prize. Thereafter it won 6 more awards and 4 nominationes in various international film festivals. References External links 2010 films 2010s Czech-language films Films directed by Jan Svěrák Puppet films Czech animated action films Czech animated films Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Golden Kingfisher winners Czech Film Critics' Awards winners Fictional teddy bears Films about dreams Films based on fairy tales Czech animated comedy films